INTRODUCTION TO THE TWILIGHT ANIMAL STORIES. By the Author
STORY ONE. WASHER’S FIRST ADVENTURE
STORY TWO. WASHER IS CARRIED TO THE WOLF’S DEN
STORY THREE. MOTHER WOLF TAKES A HAND
STORY FOUR. MOTHER WOLF SAVES WASHER’S LIFE
STORY FIVE. SNEAKY VISITS BLACK WOLF
STORY SIX. MOTHER WOLF DECIDES TO ADOPT WASHER
STORY SEVEN. WASHER LEARNS HE IS NOT A WOLF
STORY EIGHT. THE CUBS TREE A STRANGER
STORY NINE. WASHER SAVES ONE OF HIS OWN PEOPLE
STORY TEN. MOTHER WOLF LISTENS TO WASHER’S STORY
STORY ELEVEN. WASHER IS INTRODUCED TO THE WOLF PACK
STORY TWELVE. BLACK WOLF DEFIES THE PACK
STORY THIRTEEN. WASHER GOES TO THE SILVER BIRCH GROVE
STORY FOURTEEN. WASHER IS TREED BY STRANGERS
STORY FIFTEEN. THE CUBS LISTEN TO WASHER’S PLEA
STORY SIXTEEN. WASHER FINDS HIS MOTHER AND BROTHERS
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Washer was the youngest of a family of three Raccoons, born in the woods close to the shores of Beaver Pond, and not half a mile from Rocky Falls where the water, as you know, turns into silvery spray that sparkles in the sun-shine like diamonds and rubies. And, indeed, the animals and birds of the North Woods much prefer this glittering spray and foam that rise in a steady cloud from the bottom of the falls to all the jewels and gems ever dug out of the earth! For, though each drop sparkles but a moment, and then vanishes from sight, there are a million others to follow it, and when you bathe in them they wash and scour away the dirt, and make you clean and fresh in body and soul.
Washer had his first great adventure at Rocky Falls, and it is a wonder that he ever lived to tell the tale, for the water which flows over the falls is almost as cruel and terrible as it is sparkling and inviting. But Washer knew nothing of this then, for he was a very young Raccoon, and not quite responsible for all he did. Perhaps it was Mother Raccoon that was to blame, for it was her duty to look after her little ones until they were old enough to hunt for themselves. It is a law of the woods that any mother of bird or animal who neglects its young shall be punished.
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“I must get ashore now, and dry myself,” he said to himself. “I was never so wet in all my life.”
He began paddling with his front paws, and in this way gradually directed his raft toward the shore. When he was near enough he took a flying leap and landed on a log and clung to it.
